Trofaiach
| Trofaiach | ||
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 Trofaiach | ||
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  Trofaiach Location within Austria | ||
| Coordinates: 47°25′33.69″N 15°00′24.12″E / 47.4260250°N 15.0067000°ECoordinates: 47°25′33.69″N 15°00′24.12″E / 47.4260250°N 15.0067000°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Styria | |
| District | Leoben | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Mario Abl (SPÖ) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 143.25 km2 (55.31 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 658 m (2,159 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2016)[1] | ||
| • Total | 11,229 | |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| Postal code | 8793 | |
| Area codes | +43 3847 | |
| Vehicle registration | LN | |
| Website | trofaiach.steiermark.at | |
Trofaiach is a municipality in the Leoben district of the state of Styria in Austria, the site of a post World War II British sector displaced persons camp.
Neighboring municipalities
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Sons and daughters of the town
Josef Foerster
- Josef Foerster (1838-1917), composer, he wrote several, at that time successful, but now forgotten operas
- Hellmuth Stachel (born 1942), grew up in Trofaiach, Austrian mathematician and professor of geometry at the Vienna University of Technology.
- Hannes Arch (1967-2016), aerobatics pilot, first Austrian participant in the Red Bull Air Race Series
- Monika Maierhofer (born 1967), former ski racer
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